Top-ranked sophomore DaJuan Wagner Jr. hopes to guide Panthers to first state title since 2000.
Camden (N.J.)
begins the season at No. 11 in the MaxPreps Top 25 and as the team to beat from the Garden State, returning
seven of its top eight scorers from last year's 16th-ranked squad.
Top-ranked
sophomore DaJuan Wagner Jr. again guides a talented group favored to capture the school's first state championship since 1999-2000,
when his father DaJuan Wagner Sr. was leading the charge.
Replacing
the post production of Kentucky freshman Lance Ware will be a challenge, but the Panthers have a pair of 6-foot-7 senior forwards to
anchor the paint in Taquan Woodley and Jerome Brewer Jr.
Sophomore
guards Cian Medley, Cornelius Robinson and Sebastian Robinson will step into larger roles this season as this talented young
group develops.
Coach Rick Brunson's group is set to take on a challenging national
schedule, headlined by a trip to the Spalding Hoophall Classic where
they will face No. 10 DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) and Simeon
(Chicago).
Guard DaJuan Wagner Jr.
File photo by John Jones
Height: 6-0 | Class: Senior (2021)
National rank: NR | Status: Uncommitted
Height: 6-7 | Class: Senior (2021)
National rank: NR | Status: Uncommitted
Height: 5-10 | Class: Sophomore (2023)
National rank: NR | Status: Uncommitted
Height: 6-4 | Class: Sophomore (2023)
National rank: NR | Status: Uncommitted
Height: 6-1 | Class: Sophomore (2023)
National rank: NR | Status: Uncommitted
Height: 6-4 | Class: Sophomore (2023)
National rank: 1 | Status: Uncommitted
Height: 6-7 | Class: Senior (2021)
National rank: 265 | Status: Uncommitted
EDITOR'S NOTE: Shortly after the publication of this story, head coach Rick Brunson stepped down as head coach at Camden.
Forward Taquan Woodley
File photo by Catalina Fragoso
